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Ambani's JioCinema to appoint former Google Manager Kiran Mani as CEO

Mani formerly ran Google's Android operations in the Asia Pacific region

Microsoft discussed selling Bing to Apple in 2020 as Google's replacement

Executives from Microsoft met with Apple's services chief, Eddy Cue, who brokered the current search engine relationship with Alphabet Inc.'s Google, to discuss the possibility of acquiring Bing

Google, Facebook, X, Edtech Cos likely to pay up to 18% IGST from October 1

OIDAR service provider companies such as Google, X, and Facebook may have to pay integrated GST up to 18 per cent on services provided to the government and individuals in India

Google turns 25: Marks silver jubilee occasion with special doodle

Google turned 25 on Wednesday and marked the silver jubilee occasion with a special doodle that depicted the journey of the company from its humble origin in a rented garage in the US to becoming a global search giant. The 25th anniversary doodle also visually portrayed the evolution of the software bellwether's logo over these years. The firm is recognised around the world for its vibrant logo that embrace colours and simplicity. On Wednesday, visitors to Google's homepage were welcomed with a dynamically changing logo with one of these being 'G25GLE', the numerals 25 being interlooped in a way that it formed the two 'Os' in the company's name. On a note shared on its website on Wednesday, the search giant said," Today's Doodle celebrates Google's 25th year. And while here at Google we're oriented towards the future, birthdays can also be a time to reflect. Let's take a walk down memory lane to learn how we were born 25 years ago...". By fate or luck, doctoral students Sergey Bri

Apple used Bing offer as 'bargaining chip' with Google: Microsoft

Parakhin, who joined Microsoft in 2019 from Russian search engine Yandex NV, said Microsoft met with Apple as recently as 2021 to discuss a potential switch to Bing, but didn't make any progress

Four out of five Internet Users in India consume YouTube, show report

GenZ users prefer to consume content on YouTube over linear TVs, with 50 per cent of them willing to give up TV over YouTube for a year

Google's Android earthquake alert system: What it is, how it works and more

Deployed in many countries around the world before bringing it to India, the system is designed to provide people with an early warning when earthquake shaking begins

Google Pixel 8: Leaks leave little to imagination ahead of Oct 4 launch

Alleged details related to the upcoming Google Pixel 8 series has surfaced on the web, revealing key information about the duo of the smartphone that are slated to launch on October 4

NCLAT to start hearing Google plea against CCI penalty from Nov 28

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) will on November 28 begin hearing Google's plea against CCI imposing Rs 936.44 crore penalty on the tech giant for abusing its dominant position with respect to Play Store policies. This comes after one of its judicial members, Justice Rakesh Kumar, recused himself from hearing the plea on April 17. The matter was listed on Monday before an NCLAT bench comprising Chairman Justice Ashok Bhushan and Alok Srivastava, which directed the parties, including the contesting startups and Competition Commission of India to file their replies within four weeks. It also gave two weeks time to Google for filing rejoinder, if any. The appellate tribunal has directed to list the matter on November 28 for hearing. On April 17 this year, an NCLAT bench comprising Justice Rakesh Kumar and Alok Srivastava had ordered Google's appeal to be listed before another bench of which Justice Kumar was not a party. On October 25, 2022, CCI slapped a penalty

Google, Walmart ask Bengaluru staff to work at home amid state water row

The dispute over who gets access to the water has been a source of friction between the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu for more than a century

NCLAT to hear Google's appeal against Rs 936 crore penalty from Nov 28

The appellate tribunal has asked the parties in the case to submit their responses within four weeks

PhonePe announces Indus Appstore for Android developers to take on Google

PhonePe on Saturday announced the launch of Indus Appstore developer platform, wooing Android app developers with the promise of zero platform fee or commission for in-app payments, as the digital payments firm made a bold and decisive move to confront the might of Google in the app marketplace with the Made-in-India app store. Akash Dongre, Co-Founder of Indus Appstore rued that app developers are forced to work with only one app store - Google Play Store - for distributing their apps, and vowed that the new offering will be a credible alternative, more localised, with better app discovery and consumer engagement. The Indus Appstore Developer platform comes with sweeteners - app listings on it will be free for the first year, after which a nominal annual fee will apply. Moreover, the Indus Appstore will not charge developers any platform fee or commission for In-App Payments. Developers will be free to integrate any payment gateway of their choice inside their own apps. These apps

Google sued for negligence after man drives off collapsed bridge due to map

The family of a North Carolina man who died after driving his car off a collapsed bridge while following Google Maps directions is suing the technology giant for negligence, claiming it had been informed of the collapse but failed to update its navigation system. Philip Paxson, a medical device salesman and father of two, drowned September 30, 2022, after his Jeep Gladiator plunged into Snow Creek in Hickory, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Wake County Superior Court. Paxson was driving home from his daughter's ninth birthday party through an unfamiliar neighbourhood when Google Maps allegedly directed him to cross a bridge that had collapsed nine years prior and was never repaired. "Our girls ask how and why their daddy died, and I'm at a loss for words they can understand because, as an adult, I still can't understand how those responsible for the GPS directions and the bridge could have acted with so little regard for human life," his wife, Alicia Paxson, said. State ...

Decoded: All that Google's Bard Extensions does and guide on how to use it

With Extensions, Bard can help you multitask without the need to open multiple windows and apps

Google lost map traffic with Apple maps switch on iPhones: Executive

Google's largest contract is with Apple, which set Google as the default on Safari in exchange for a share of the revenue that the search engine earns through advertising

Google's 'smart' move: Connects Bard chatbot with its popular apps

The new features allow users to use Bard as a one-stop solution for purposes like double-checking its responses and summarising emails

Google tweaks ad auctions to hit revenue targets, as much as 5%: Exec

company frequently makes changes to the auctions it uses to sell search ads - the text and shopping promotions that appear at the top of a results page, said Jerry Dischler, VP for Google ad products

Google in last ditch effort to overturn $2.6 billion EU antitrust fine

Google turned to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) after the General Court in 2021 threw out its challenge to the fine levied by EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager in 2017

Google brings its AI chatbot Bard into Gmail, YouTube to tackle Microsoft

Google is introducing Bard, its artificially intelligent chatbot, to other members of its digital family including Gmail, Maps and YouTube as it seeks ward off competitive threats posed by similar technology run by Open AI and Microsoft. Bard's expanded capabilities announced Tuesday will be provided through an English-only extension that will enable users to allow the chatbot to mine information embedded in their Gmail accounts as well as pull directions from Google Maps and find helpful videos on YouTube. The extension will also open a door for Bard to fetch travel information from Google Flights and extract information from documents stored on Google Drive. Google is promising to protect users' privacy by prohibiting human reviewers from seeing the potentially sensitive information that Bard gets from Gmail or Drive, while also promising that the data won't used as part of the main way the Mountain View, California, company makes money selling ads tailored to people's ...

Verizon executive testifies Google search always pre-installed on phones

Brian Higgins, a 28-year Verizon veteran who was on a team from 2017 to 2023 that struck deals with Google to pick software to preload onto the carrier's phones, testified in a federal court